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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, IS IT? IT IS! imtut thine in the What U th world? Oh. poets unf It Love, ot course,- Seme old banality. As tf svery'hln had not been aaid and aunt that could fee said and sang abOut that amotion called love. Dynasties nay tottar, world vara coma and (o, enah'a devilish Ingenuity accomplish th seemingly Impossible, and alone ow eocnaa a professor of at Harvard univaraity who claims that lows la a superfluous (motion at best and that the child of tomorrow will ba Incubated not Just born. And yet thara It stands love eUU tha greatest thins In tha world. to Itf he n By FANNIE HURST. Tb Men have accomplished their great-ea- t deeds flushed with the wine of it Small boys have turned seemingly Imhand-aprlng- a before their possible adored one a front porches, while fired with the ardor of It. The gresteet thing In the world! Poets air.g of it and poatal clerks, carried swav with it. work overtime to pay off the In. atallmenta on solitaire engagement rings. Not ever to have been In love, that way. a little crastly, puppy fashion, even a a rophomore. le never to hava tasted wine with the head on It, or looked Into the fare of a flower with the dew on It Never to have ss on the edge of a chair, hours, with the ache of tears at your throat waiting far that par ttcutar telephone call from that particular person la to have been cheated outrageously. To be carefully Insulated from pain, becauae for Inatance you do aot lenyour wife enough for her to hurt you, la to be cheated autrageoualy. It Is a madness fit for the Cadet. The madneae of snooting palna of eeataay because that particular par eon Is coming to dinner! The reckless folly of feeling yourself get laryngltia as yeu shop la the rain for artichokes out of season, becauee that particular person la particularly fond of them. The Joy of crying yourself to sleep - Ul So long at tt la mora blessed to aiva than to racalva, and that will ba so long aa human being ara human, lava will contlnua to ba tha (raataat thing In tha world. That la tha wonder and tha glory of tt Back of all lova, paternal, filial, passionate, ehurchly lova, la tha daatra to give. To give of self. To give of effort To glva of Ta give of devotion. To lova la to glva- - And ha who glvaa out of lova, glvaa magnificently and out of tha fulnaaa of hla heart If you have aacapad lova. If no woman bni avar found her way Into your heart ao that aha haa hurt tt and twisted it, aeugntea ana appalled it than you ara probably a atald old bachelor than "hi married friends, weara allk ahlrta with on tha sleeves, amoke monogram 25 cent cigar a and throws the aahee en tha rug, or you have made a marriage of convenience and don't quarrel with your wife becauae aha haa not tha sublime capacity to hurt you. There eemee a middle e,ed period In Ufa when tha ardent aepects of lova aaara auddanly aophomonc Your bachelor whoea digestion Is none too a ara a little reliable and whose puffy, la apt to chuckle over the lova notes of twenty years ago. But Just tha same thoee lavender-acente- d lova nous are somehow kept among hla treaeures, behind lock and key. His very private, tress- ured own! If you haven't mora than anvthlng alaa In the world, desired the presence of one particular person, then you hava been cheated. The pain and the Joy of blowing hot and cold becauee one particular person tn the world has a trick, for Instance, of looking at you with one eye-li- d quirked! The absolute desolation of anting beatde a telephone Instrument, waiting for a message that you are hoping for from the one person In the world whoea telephone calla matter! The desperation and the disappointment every tlma the telephone bell rings and It la not from that particular person. That absolutely Irrational Joy of giving! Giving to that particular person your hope and your eagerneaa, your anxiety and your thrill. Irrational? Yea. flhe may be fair and fat and forty or she may be dark and elim and sixteen. But you love her! Hang a it, you love her! You thrill to her and It may be an atrocious scent that on some one else mould offend you. That quirk to her eye-liThere a nothing about it, of courae. It may even ba a nervous affliction! But you Bvfiottf Hot breese, cold breese. ecataav, tor ment, pain, ana manna or that! It you haven't blown hot and cold, mlaaed many a heart beat skipped many a good hour a sleep, you have mlaaed the greatest thing in the world! THE THINKING MACHINE flea Praeadlag . A thin atrip of canvaa around the Inside edge showed that a sharp penknife had been ueed to cut out the painting. All of these facta came to the attention of Professor August 8. F. X. Van Duaen The Thinking Machine. Thie waa a day or ao after Kaie had ruahed Into Detective Mallory s office at police headquarters with the atate-methat hia Rubena had been stolen. the deHebanged hla fist down on him. tective's desk and roared at "It ooat me fifty thousand dollars!" ha declared violently. "Why don't you do something? What are you Sitting there staring at me for?" "Don't excite yourself, Mr. Kale." tha detective advised, "l will put my men at work right now to recover the the What la a Rubens, anyway?" 'It's a picture!" bellowed Kale. "A piece of canvaa with torn paint on tt and It coet me fifty thousand dollars don't you forget that'.'' 60 the police machinery was set in motion to recover the picture. And In time the matter fell under the watchful eye of Hutchinson Hatch, reporter. He learned the facta preceding the disappearance of the picture, and then called on de "Leseepa He found the artist In a state of excitement bordering on hysteria, an intimation from the reporter of the object of Ills visit caused de Lease pa to buret Into words. "Moft Dleu! It Is outrgaeoue!" he exclaimed. '"What can I do? I waa the only one in the room for daye. I waa the one who took such pains to protect the picture And now It Is gone' The lra Is Irreparable. What can I do?" Hatch didn't have very definite - Idea aa to Juat what any fte'eouid do, ao be let htm go on. "A I underatand Leaeepa, he Interrupted at It Mr."node one elae waa. in the room, last except you and Mr Kale, all the were there?" time you . "No one elae." "And I think Mr. Kale aald that you were making a copy of eome famous water color; weren't you'' "Yea, a Thamea scene, by Whistler." waa the reply. "That la it hanging over the mantel." Hatch glanced at the picture adIt waa an exquisite copv. miringly. and ah owed the deft touch o'a man who waa himself an artist of great ability. De Leeaepe read the admiration in Jla face, "It is not bad." h aajd modestly. "I studied with Careiue Doran." With all else that waa known, and this tittle additional Information which teemed of no particular value to the reporter, the ertlre matter waa laid before The Thinking Machine. That distinguished man listened from beginning to end without comment. "Vho had aocaaa to the room?" he naked finally. "That la what tie police are working on now," waa the replv. "There are a couple of dozen aervants In the house, and. I suppose. In spite of Kale rigid ordera. there waa a certain laxity tn their enforcement" "OT course that makes "it more difficult" aald The Tanking Machine tn the perpetually Irritated voice which waa eo dutlnctly a part- - of himself. "Perhaps It would be beet for ue to go to Mr. Kale's borne and pert on ally Investigate. Kale received them with the nt sev-er- "HiBorosa.6," etc Ttii Short Story Writer, n.f?r "J.ta "Yea. I thought X wouldn t yeq think, as the engineer la charge?" right" said Betty, "O for the love of heaven, go on have been so pleesaist" T stated Mrs. John-sonand marry him and let me get back Tha apologies," becauae tha particular person went off has dawaed upon thl emasing day In what hi face looked Uke aa It emit- te my me. Have you found desperhe are work," grouched ted that explosive moaoeybable. but, only kissing you good night five tlmea which we live. ut yet why thla guy The talk of tha age of true te her pledge, sbe kept her eyes ately. Instead of the six of the evening beBetty's ayes grew wide and InnoIncubation. Men fly where they ueed shut (be stood upv fore. "It's my" face." muttered Johnsoav over "You needn't cent get peevish she sal. The Joy of knitting him Chriatmaa to crawl in n caravana. We alt la Spain . "Well, good-by- ," make to It What difference does it or "lee: we've all heard that before. are sting- and listen-Ien America. not going?" There was a you whether I marry Ferale Men's "You're not?" slippers when your ownonfeet Let a.. whave. a look." . thorn all day beart-beai- s may even ba recorded at flattering note of aiarta in the query. ing with having stood "None." 1, Km. fas' Ul OCSSt behind a counter. long distance; We are wiser. Times "Why not?" "litny till morning then. You can she switched on the lights. Though the way nave moved along. Everything la tn that "You told that she-helliThe ecstasy of obaervlng hava room out I'll other and the an stay Intrepid person, sne coura ed In a state of change and adhla hair looks sort of moth-eate- n stay on guard over me." her." train a small vain of dismay. BStiy vancement la love atill the greatest you'd the back! ' "1 can do UuU quite aa well outside "I you, think that' a helpsuppose a gasp of amassment. oontrlbsuted world? ful idea: ' was th disgusted rejoinder. the door." Folly! thing It?In the "Hjr Gawd I" earn me Look deeply Into your own Yea. but the bleeeed felly of throwla "Bo yen can." waa the disconsolate "Can t you do something?" "How did It get that wayT" "1 could make a rope of the sheets admission. ing down your cloak for a queen to heart, mlaanthropes and aophemorea I might as well tell you joy-returnealike. Is it? Now, now, no equivocat"How m I going to get there? I'm aad lower you to the ground." paaa ever a mud puddle. one, and tetl the inuu-ooThe blessed fcaiy of wanting to give ing windows he did with a exposed blind, you know. tbe "Right paat touching and childlike la It? Her little hand, groping out vague- on the neat floor, and a dance going directneaa. give regardleea of what you may It it' receive. ly, waa caught in hia grasp, and not on now. And I've got five promised "Do you know what 1 tnnar- reTANNI! HURST. Fo much that ta new and startling only he, but she aa weii. felt the to Ferale Bright" Mrs. Johnson when she had marked Damn Fernie Bright!" shock aa of an electrical discharge, control enough to speak' that followed the contact At tne "Yea; I needn t have bothered you recovered addressing the girl- door she transferred her finger te about marrying Fernie." she reported coherently, think you'll have to do lb" "We-good-by- ," with alow biturneaa. the door knob. "That'll be off "Do what?" after tonight" he repeated expectantly. "Marry him." "1 don t think I understand you." "G by." answered B. 6. Johneon That'a wbt hs think." said Betty man thinking hard aaid he painfully. thickly, like Tteiously. a tune "It about something elae. you did, then. After what Johnson. contradicted "I "You don't seem a hit Uke a real will be said about me when Ira found "You don't" can get out now and nobody no man would want to marry will know I supso person," she complained. "If I could here difference, .the Juat open my eyes and tee you O, me Can you understand that?" pose that's all there Is to that" ha There waa a long pause. Then B. concluded don't be afraid. I'm net going tow aadly. Only 0 dear, wnat'a 'the use! Good-by.- '" O. Johnson perpetrated the most fatal "You couldn't have, th heart" adblunder in the whole lung list uf 'to let a i " 'By,' muttered B. O. Johnson, but things --not to do. He said in a small jured th other woman, simp like that loose and terrified voice, "I'll marry you." floor, helpless It seemed to lack conviction. world any longer. Think what Another long pause followed, filled Betty stamped her email foot with with happen to him any day. Ge Violence. "O. good-b- y stupid!" she felt towhat Mr. Johnson bewilderedly might For thag on, marry him. I would. ominous be vlbrationa Then matter, I did." She continued cried, and her voice shook a little. tactAt that It happened. Now, Betty the girl made what he could not .but fully, "Weil, ru Juat slip inside and aa a curious remark In a still leave you two fight It out while I honestly expected and wanted It to regard to more curious voice, "I'm going to write a happen only once; but tt seemed long and lovuV letter to my eyes." happen halt a dosen tlmea ail In one open "Not" he cried. Then "What for?4 In11 I do with thla letter?" flashing, thrilling second "What deadly deliberation aha replied, Betty gasped. "This la no place "IWith the pause Betty, breaking want to, see what a man looks quired for ma," aha decided tn avawift and like ensued Johnson Mrs, which upon when he thinks he's as nobis aa retirement to the inner room. unforaeen turmoil of apirtt. It had think you axe right now." "Do auddanly and moat unexpectedly been youThere anything you Uke with It was a click somewhere. revealed to her, among other things, the fire." think anything of the sort," Chuck It Into that marrying or even being engaged said"I don't "Perhaps I d better. It' comproB. G. Johnson sulkily. to Femald Bright waa the laat thing I'd kind of like to keep But mising. She opened her eyes to complete on earth possible to her, and she wondarkness, the click having switched it." dered dimly why she hadn't perceived j olf he mumbled. then," It "Keep the lights, "it's just aa well." ah it perore. Aiao sne wianea very nrucn Informed "Now," thought Betty, "If he' got him. "I hope I never see to get alone with herself and figure all here' where be rijes at any spin out what this astonishing develop- you again. You're the most absoup and slays me." Aloud she " human being ment might portend. She groped for lutely desplsabls d find It sure Ternle "I'm "Well, smy God!" he ejaculated In the door again, and snatched her amusing." despair aa she choked into awfully hand back aa footatep approached in Indignant B. G, "Give me said letter," silence. "I don't see what I've done. Johnson In athat the hall outaide. tone euch aa she haa "What's that?" she demanded, her Itove offered that Is, I've aaked you never before heard from him. She thrust It behind her back. Th aropping 10 a ataruea wniaper. j voice "You've offered to save the poor Footsteps pasalng along th hall. girl's reputation," face tt fascinated her she broke In. "Like grotesque advanced ! bar outaide. "Who left that pauaed upon her. "Give O. I suppose I . ' down?" crumbled someone, and the a cheap movie hero. me that letter," It repeated. to for credit you ought give your "You look a like potato bug," obbut I can't because I Into place was like a blew. served Betty Irrelevantly. you too much." The girl's face became et and B. O Included the letter Johnson "You needn't hate me, even If you pinched. "They've locked me In," she don't want to marry me." he returned and the girl tn one lrersistlble grab, aaid under her breath. Then, with morosely. which lasted a long time. In the "I wouldn't marry you now If you midst of the long time Betty whisSwift apprehenslvenesa, "What time were the last man on earth'" pered. "It doesn t feel nearly aa bad "Half paet eleven." as It look, your face." She stifled a cry. "It can't be. Why doHe oucaught at the emphasis. "What "Got It all fixed up, you two?" Inhimnow?" he mean, nerved Isn't Mrs. Johnson back?" self to" say. "Do you mean that I quired the lady In tha Inner room, "I don't care If she never geta ever said the exultant voice of "Yep." a had chance?" back," ft asserted with fervor, B. O. Johnson. "She's going to take x Wall, I do. How could you let not"You might hav had if you had your advice." spoiled everything." me stay here like thie? Why didn't Mrs. Johnson opened the door. In the light Betty never would have you tell me how late It was?" said that; but the darkness and her "Congrats and all that," she said. "I didn't think of It." "And If you'll Bhs kissed wrath Betty. mads her All reckless. shs 'No; you wouldn't." she retorted wanted now waa to stab. guarantee It won't come off. Til do bitterly. "You wouldn't think of a "But I've wanted to all along," he the same by you," she added to John-eo- n, little thing like a girl's reputation. protested. and did. "But sposen It doesn't "Ever since I first saw 1 suppose you think I can safeily you. Only I didn't realiie it wear of at all," aha propounded in till towith the here night spend you." I I I had so much else on my an awed tone, upon finding her own Are you afraid of r.ie?" There day. countenance atlll Immaculate. was an appalled Incredulity In hla mind." "I guess that helps," said the sar"O," returned the valiant Betty, tone. "If I can't have him plain, I'll hav donic Betty. "O, you peor Innocent!" aha cried. him "You don't believe it? That I wantstriped." no ed to to "Can't you understand? marry you before way of getting we out now without "I don't." by Samuel Hopkins iCopyrlght raising the hotel, and what will they "Won't you Uke my word for It?" (Aduns. rocm think of my beting tn your "I won't!" at this time of night? ' CLOUDS ARE DStlFTINQ BY. "Isn't there any way I could make On oDDoeite sides of a half odch " believe Through ths hssy summer sky idoor the two sat down to their work. you"There isn't. Never! Never! Never! Clouds are drifting slowly by. For an Interminable hour, Betty read After this." Gossamer Ilk meadow down. calculations and specifications In a "Juet luck!" B. G. my mourned Silent aa a sleeping town. language a strange to her aa Greek. Johnson. "To fall In love with a girl Gently floating, sailing high. Then her voice began to falter. and not find out what's the matter Clouds ars drifting slowly by. "What's the matter?" demanded with me till too late." the typist Impatiently. "Are you los"Fall In love!" retorted the girl Ecarcely moving to ths ey Interest?" ing Clouds are drifting alowly by. contemptuoualy. "You don't know O Lord! "Interest! I'm leepy; how, you you oyeter! Go back to white, Pearly they seem to rest. what th matter." yawned th your that' Nestling on the heaven's breast reader. "If you'd sat up till daylight for." figuring. It's all you're good there they lie. sweetly, Soothing last night but you did, didn't you?" "I it Is," he agreed. His Clouds ars drifting slowly by. "I'd forgotten about your being voice suppose mors became "But assured. out." said n gloomily. "I'm a selfish don't you worry about Bright. I'll Gentle as ths breese' sigh brute. You He down on that couch I ll make him Clouds ars drifting slowly by. canvaa remaining in the frame told the mantel here. Isn't It excellent? and go to sleep. I can easily finish square it with hlra. If ao and he much as understand, me that The picture that Mr MalWatching closely, things I see You have seen the original?" alone." " dares to think Banished mem'rtes com to me; anything face, Do found did not correspond in this lory "You won't try to make a sneak on M.iilciry Lesseps' "O, let me alone!" cried Betty misThese are mem'rtes in the eky. of me?" of cxpresslngappreclation detail with the canvas In the frame insit-aasked the Jailer. doubtfully "Haven t messed erably. ur this " you Clouds are drifting alowly by. The conclusion la obvious tne compliment, bunched euddenly. "I don't want to get away. Where enough already?" "And de Lessepe haa the original" nndyhis handa closed tightly. Again would I ge'. away to?'' Whic he It had was of out,, Bonds -thouejht memory they tie "De Lesseps haa the original How he covered himself and smiled. "Wil; in trust you so far." Clouds that drift so slowly br. something leea than Just to him. Bt.t did he get It .' tn any one of a doien "the beauty of this picture lies not.'' She threw herself down. Her breathIn he was a not to state think back anyforgotten dreams. Bringing He might have rolled it up only In Its faithfulness to the orlgl-iiai- ing softened Into regularity. ways. B. O. thing out for he heard, from the Changing all the world. It seems. He and stuck It under his the scientist went on. "but also Johnson, shutting himself in again, couch she had where ws thrown herseff, While linger, clouds snd I. But In the firt thtt it was painted under addressed himself to his work with a might have had a confederate sound that constricted bit heu t But ths clouds ars drifting by. I don't think that any ordinary extraordinary circumstances. Tor In-- f concentration. But his attention wavlike a Robert Le Mac tn Portland ' clamp. method of theft would have appealed iar.ee. 1 don t know If you know, Mr. ered, flagged, and presently failed. "Betty!" he said. 1 am Oregonlan. to him. him cred.t fur Mallory. that It la possible so to com- Rising, he peered out at the sleeping giving " "No. Go sway I loatlis you bine glue and putty and a few other sentinel, rie returned to hia typebeing clever, aa I must when we reTHE BIG NEWS. "You'rs crying" view the whole case. ommonplace things Into a paate writer, snatched the page of figures "What if I am? I'm not." Husband: "Anything worth while In "For Inatance, he asked for which would effeotuajly blot out an violently out. Inserted a fresh sheet, better to Nothing the paper this evening?" suggested itself to copy the WhisUer. which til painting, and offer at the same and began to write with passionate Wife: "Here's a three hundred dolsurface for water speed and fervor. At the end of each his gropng mind, at this uncompro- you aaw waa the same size aa the time an excellent mlsing reply than to suggest: "Don't lar gown marked down to one hunHe copied colcr w ork " Ruben. It waa granted paragraph ha refreshed his eyes with you to room want Into American and seventy-elgjht- " go dred and my a It practically under guard, There was a moment pause, dur a long iook at tn slumbering gin always up? I Maybe that'll make you, Legion Weekly. with the chance that Mr. Kale him- !ng w hich the three men stared at ' Once, making a long arm, he secured wash better.1-"Nothing'Ifeel self would drop in. It took him him silently wild singularly co- from the stand on of those volmake ime feel better. three daya to copy it. so he says nnoting emotions depleted on their umes of poetry which had so amased ever, He" waa alone In the 10cm ail that face prophesiei the girl. Neverhis original raptor. When the taak she her way to the theless, groped waa amendIt of over, color finished he read this He knew that Mr Kale hid water time This copy and entered. Th first thing not th faintest Idea of art Taking Whistler." continued the scientist ed it, shook hi head despondently, door, she as eves noticed her focussed In adon and mature consideration after such a past advantage of that, what would have evenly "Is painted been simpler than to have copied the aa I have described. That paate In dressed aa envelope into which he the strong light was a stand containa of It. looked ing He Into pile neatly arranged sheets the Rubens tn oil? He could have re- turn covers the original Rubens piclipped again moved It from thai frame immediateture It can be removed with water outer room, and thought that he saw and beatds them her name on an encouch shiver a velope. ly after he canvaaed it over. a:.d without damage to the picture, the occupant of tbe "Is this (for me?" shs asked. Gathering a ooverlld tn hia kept It In a position near hlin where which Is In oil. so that instead ofwea little. ha "What?" started through the door, arms, dansera It could be quickly concealed if he copy of the Whistler painting, rat people de not realise the This letter addressed "Betty"?" waa an original by Rubens, worth stopped, turned, muffled his head In ef tee much Hash. They sutler from Remember. tire hay Interrupted "It wa." said the hopeless voire high blood prsaeure, dlxslnesa, headaches, dollars. That la true, a bath towel, tiptoed, to the couch, picture Is worth fifty thousand dol- fifty thousand and tenderly draped the warm wrap- outside. "Tear It up." and Internal troubles aad dea't knew was worth the Isn't It. M. de Lessepe?" lars; therefore. ef theee cases can bs traced. that 10 "Why? What's in It?" There waa no reply to the que- ping over the quiet little form there. trouble te a a of aOrt woke In a dim love to "It's the w a It's directly up Betty light It as an hour e know stionnone needed "De Lesaeps is an artist lan apparition tn the headdreaa latter." obesity that and In dealing with a man who later, after de Lessepe was safely behold "WJvat! Her laughter 'Genial Typed?" called up The of the Ku Klux Klan bending above knew nothing whatever of art. he in his cell, that Hatch stifled a cry and raised cleared the murky air "Of course, eoastavnt 1 y had no fears. H may suppote his Thinking Machine on the telephone her. She herself on her elbow as th figure you d type a hv letter." idea all along was to ute the copy and asked one question. th warn ttvfT "My handwriting is so bad." ha exHow did you know that the wa- Jumped back. of the Rubens as a sort of decoy be It's cused himself. OK after he got away with the original ter color waa painted over the ART HWUl cs - "I'm It ald. to It." read 9 rat going Tou saw that m," Mallory dldr'f know Rubena?" to was "Now at tuttr use?" the "What's a the desponnhim beginning you're w the difference, and It was aafe for 4an(rou aa the only absolutely "Because tt "You haven t dent repiy. monetc t tiOOO him to KaJe safe way in which the Rubens could me," accused Betty. suppose that Mr ft n at that since the first day." There was a silence broken bv little I f wou!dn't Hia onlv dinger until he be hopelessly lost to those who were done B- I B. to smuee-meused "NO. said l 1 IW-jrn- cwhy? soft soiunds which sugceste got you," could get away gracefully was of looking for it. and at the same time G. peo- Johnson. yet wee. almost too tender for p I e who some critic or connoisseur, perhaps, perfectly preserved." was the anwas '"O he "I dear!" yawned. mirth. "Poetry, too." murmured BetHis boldness we swer a rag exces'T told you de Lesseps waa tired. I'm still a lot seeing the copy of sleep behind ty. "Good gracious!" see resdily In the fact that he per- a clever man. and a little logic flesh sive dld'aIt,r jMt nrht he "Isn't that Inquired rsjel"" mitted himself to discover the theft; the rest Two and two always raaae were going to tell m anxiously. "I got a volume of Shelley around are Ys; you laat' se that he discovered It after he had four. Mr Hatch, not sometimes, but about puttmg cam that night's trip." on purpose." strata upon volunteered to assist Mr KaJe In the ; all the time." accents through the th muffled In love letters than their vital more "It's general work of rehanglng the picVs'Tubr (tt mm I believe." she reaaaurei o r g a a a Nu tures in the gallery. Just Jiow he tNext week- - -- "Problem of the Vanish- towel. "Was I? I thought I wag going to typing, did you say thas Their heart Whsn "It's lovely. put the Picture in Jennings' trunk I Man,") ing ask you. But I can't get any sense was written?" haa t work We can don't, happen to know out of a man with his voire tied up hard "O. somewhere aJsout IS10, I suo extra Imagine many ways." He lay back In a yard of Turklih toweling, Tak ng p u m p ItisPose." tn his chair for a minute without te bleed to I'll off. It my eyes promts keep A PARTNER OF SUNLIGHT shut," "Not the poetry. Idiot!" said Betty sues that speaking, his eyes steadily turned . , "The letter." upward, fingers placed precisely tip the body: "All right." But he stepped around eqftiy. Cod-live- r "0, that This evening. WWle you waa never to tip. oil has aptly been back of the lounge "Is that bet. wre on the lounge." te meant Aa asleep The only thing remaining la to go terr "Before you thousrht yu bed to be have. it is m de Les.eps' called the partner get the pitur for purposes of noble sunlight. "Heap. Especially me from shnme e aa 1 a e a t save and and room now you told m that and And advice. that intimate personal telaa all thru sort of thing," commentso we know it Is sae. I dare sav Both what I'm after. Well, am I going and ef the eases, eara that la at least 4 out of Nature's store- to?" ed the sirL he knows that If he tried to run la the cause ef Dleftetea "Tee fat G. Johnson. B. ""I didn't!" tarked ? away It would Inevitably put him house of to what?" or t te uatil reduce aot aheuld wait "Going suof energy are "Anyway, you did take some sort pounds too much have accumulated en under suspicion rernald Bright?" "Marry me In before that.'" cf human Interest "But how did be take the ptcture "How can I tell?" bedy," Is .ths sdvlce ef every good a child "Isn't that what Tve been trying to your preme importance from the Kale home?' asked Hatch "Would yog advise me to?" physician. It Is whew the seals shows the tell you? And you said you'd never first erease tbst ens should tske notice. "He toek It with him prohaibly un"VO." rickets. believe me " At first one Is only pleasantly plump, der his arm the day he left the houe "O! You'd advise me net to." "But this, letter" changes every- little by little solid fieah appears en 4 with Mr. Kale." was the astonishing "No." to before yen waks ap yea ara a fat lady "I've abeo-lutshe out e thing." got. pointed aw adviser your merk te . replysr a fat man. Up te new. shraletans' aero. And you pretend to be a believe that" Hatch was staring at hira In advice had always been agalast taking a Something resembling suspiciously friend. Won t you please ten me amassment After a moment the eel-tlany advertised fat reducer but a Preach tidtneae hollow veu groan, think?" what giaa greeted honestly rose and paaaed into the adjoinphvaleiaa baa lately Introduced ta Amerhe ings "Haven't got enough data," ica s wonderful formula put up ta a small ing room, and the telephone bell there demanded did savy?" you "What mumbled. tablet called "SANGRINA" wkleh ha When he Joined Hatch sjriin jlngld have used Plans "How aed Betty. snot with sunlight ef medical roes englneerlsh! he picked up his bat and they went he chattered. "I sf renown. thsIt sppreval Here you are. ass convinced physicians please out together. In said. what you catch s of decades didn't Femle money, then. at gob for last got that quite something effective ead give snength end we like the same things. And fsot I De Leaeepa was tn when their card fcarmleas te reduce had seem found went up. and received them weak-bone- s. They "You were thinking of something BAKORINA Is endorsed by each men sat and Iota of fun to a he's good sport little, conversed of the case generally for knock around with, and two of my sis." accused Hhe . outraged Betty. Dr. Karbeane, Graduate et Preach floe, ten manutea while the sclentisx eye f Hale. Dr. Rudolph, former Health Cent, best friends U be sore as mustard pias- "Well, really r were Dr Me Alpine, late ef New turned Inquiringly here and Scott's Emulsion with "Ehe's eome back," announced B. O. mloetener, ters If I grab him off, and he wants Terk Hospltala. Dr. Jaesby, Dr. Kerrta there about the roam. At last there In fond of rick a me. and him, and I'm Johnson whisper. awfully for wonders does who all recoausead H te their came a knock on th door: eta, feeding avsd!" said "Who? Mrs. Johnson? that's the case for Vfr. Bright" "Let her tn. ' patients "What's the ease against htm Detective "It I Mallory. 'Mr Betty melodramatically. SX.NGPINA ts raarantsed net te eee-ta- in adult. child malnourished " "Isn t any.'' "I won't. She a eraxy Hatch." remarked Th Thinking Mahabit-formior danfereua "Then I should eay H- wa a highly ' Betty d sited out and across tha grugs any chine. "Open the door for hlm:"- It Is te be takea three times e girl Keep proboy advantageous your arrangement" aBd aad will wile. room and admitted the harassed day safely take e4 easily Ce Leaeepa seemed startled tor lust nounced the mentor In such tone a te pounds a week, gel with gear one Instant then quickly recovered. That attractive young person demanj. antee and the when murmur. use "He people they er of saMefsettoa sunlight give money refund. ed In astonishment "Say, what the Mallory e eeree were toll of question can herdlv IK 'until morning.'' Whatever your case may be and ae Blat'." when he entered 1 "Of course, Tm set terribly tn love tds? You two tn the dirk ter hew meny tbngs yea. have-triethem Scott's Emulsion of non "I should like. Kr. Mallory." began your returned affair," with him." (he- pursued thoughtfully. the past tf yon are toe fat, get a ben B. G. Johnson desperately. I tn aae BANGF. JSJA, not not fire I'm ot take love then, your "But The, Thinking Machine quietly, "to everyday today terrtbly "Iji regularly call your attention to this copy of siasderaees. with anybody: I doubt tf I ever ecu Id ynut- - hushamdV and I'm-- prepared t step toward health and) Mr.. Kale's picture by Whlstlerr-ov- er cort ft sowee. Kossxactd, K. J- be. that being the case, whas 00 prove It'" frees rage Oaa.) Thr's love her. Ceattaaad THE OSTRICH Author of "Lnmrnog," ve to prove lt:.A'1 "Yon don't mlt If was the "He made his getawsy tou with bin aad I ve just got tn me so hosy that by thone. That kept little Jo my I forgot nil about mar" eye-Ud- - World's Hlhe : (Oeeataaed it . SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 42, 1924. terve which all rich men snow In the presence of representatives of the He stared frankly and somepress. what curiously at the diminutive figure of the scientist, who explained the object of their visit. I guess you follows can't do anymillionaire asthing with this," lli sured them. "I've gAt some ie,guir detectives on It" '. "U Mr. Mallory here now?"- - eaked The Thinking Machine curtly. "Yes. ho la upsturs in the servants' Quarters." "May we eee the room from which the picture, was taken?" twCiutred the scientist, with a suave, luuanatior. which Hatch knew well. Kaie gamed the permission with a wave of the hand and usherd them into the ballroom, where the pictures had been atofed. Vrom the relative 'center of tnia tonm The Thinking Machine surveyed It all. The windows were Hiif a high. dozen doors leading out Into the hallways, to the conservatory, and quiet offei-etiooks of the mansion, inaccess. of numerable poasibiiitiea After this one long comprehensive squint. The Thinking Machine wnt over and picked up the frame from which the Kuber.s had been cut For a long time he examined It Kale's Impatience waj palnlully evident. FinjJly the scientist turned to him. How well do you know M. de Leesepc?" he aaked "I've known him for only a month or so Why?" "Did he bring vou letters of Introduction, or did you mee. him merely casually?" Kale regarded him wl'h evident peraona! affairs displeaaure. 'My have nothing to do with whatever Mr. this matter. ' he aaid pointedly de Lesscpa la a gentleman of. (ortiinly he ta the la! whom I would suspect of any conv lth tha disappearance of nection the picture." ' ' That la usually the cue." remarked The TYilnklrg Machine tartHe turned to Hs.t(h ly 'Juat how he made of good a copy waa that the Whistler picture" " he asked ' I have never seen the original." Hitrh replied, "but the workmanship was a.iperb Perhaps Mr. h&!e woukin t object to ue steir.g- - " "Oh. of courae not," said Kale re- Come In. Its In the a'gnedly. " Hitch aubmltted the picture to a "I ehould say that careful scrutiny the copy Is well nigh perfect.'' waa "Of hie verdict. course, tn Its but It ir caln't certainly n superb work." o of a wide door The curtains In front of them were thrown aside suddenly, and Detective entered He carried something but at sight of tlgem in his hand, concealed it behind him t'nrepreeaed was In his face triumph ' Ah, professor, we meet often; don t we?" he aald. "This reporter here and his friend teem to be trying to draw de Lesaeps Into this affair somehow. ' Kale com"i don't to the detective plained want anything like that to happen. He t liable to go out and print anything. They always do." The Thinking Machine glared at him unwaveringly, straight In tbe eye for en Instant then extended hie hand toward .Ma) lory. "Where did you find It? he asked. "Sorry to disappoint you. profes sor," aald the detective saraaatlcally. ou were "but thie le the time Mal-lor- y , .. a little late," and he produced the object which he held behind "hlm, Here is your picture. Mr. Kale Kaie gasped a little In relief and astonishment, and held up the canvaa with both hand to examine it "Fine"- - he told the detective. "I ll t,ee that you don't loae anything by this. VQufa that thing coat ma fifty thouaac Mollars'" Kale didn't seem 10 get over that The Thinking Machine leaned forward to squint at the upper right-han- d corner of the canvas "Where did you find it " he asked again. "Rolled up tight, and concealed In the bottom of a trunk In the room of one of the servants." explained Mallorv. "The aervants name Is Jennings He la now under arrest " Jennings!" exclaimed Kale. "Why, he haa been with me for years." "Did he confess?" aaked the acien-lilmperturbably. "Of course not." said Mallory "He sat a eome of the other aervants must bvc hidden It there." The Thinking Machine nodded at I think Hatch perhaps that Is aJJ." "I congratulate you. he remarked Mr Mallory, upon bringing the matter to such a quick and satisfactory conclusion " Ten mliAtet later they left the house and caught a car for the scienHatch was a little tist a home chagrined at the unexpected termination of the affair, and was thoughtfully silent for a time. "Mallory does show an occasional gleam of human Intelligence, rtoesn t he'' he said atI laat, quisilcally. re"Nt thatThe ever noticed." marked Machine Thinking cructtfy "But he found the picture." Hatch Insisted f mure he found it. It waa put there for him to find " Put there for him to find'" repeated the reporter. v" Did n t Jensteal It?" nings ' If he did, he-- s a fool." "Well, If he didn't steal It who put' It there?" " 'Ok Lesseps "De Lessepe!" echoed Hatch "Wh the deuce did he steal a picture and put It tn a tenants trunk to be found?" Machine twisted The Thinking around In his seat and squinted at him coldly fcr a moment "At times, Mr Hatch, I am absolutely amaaed he aaid frankiv. at your stupidity. I can understand It In a man like have always given you Mallory. but credit being an astute, quickwitted man " Hatch smiled at the' reproach. It waa not the first time he bad heard tt But nothing bearing on the problem in hand was aaid unMl they reached Tbe Thinking Machine s apartmenta. "The only real question In mr mind, Mr Hatch." aaid the eaten-tlthen. "Is whether or not I should take the trouble to restore Mr. Kale'g picture at all. He ta perfectly eetle-fleand will probably never know the difference. So-- " 'iddenly Hatch saw Voraethlng. "De "Great fcoU'" he exclaimed. voq mean to ray that the picture that Mallory found waa- -" "A. cocv of the eriarmal." supple mented the scientist. "Personally I know nothing whatever about art, therefore. I could not say from ob servation that it Is a copy, but I of the thine. know It from the When the original waa cut from the frame, the knife ewerved a little at corner. The tbe supper right-han- d ' st fr 1 st d, kif Hi, ..! Physicians' Advice to FATPEOPLE J: ft. If ur! of ifi to with Scott s Emulsion "A teen and to to A of etch or or t out in If Jl |
